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Great with Child: Reflections on Faith, Fullness, and Becoming a Mother Book

Preparing for motherhood doesn't mean you must devote yourself strictly to medical topics--it's also a time of emotional and spiritual change, a proper focus on which can get lost amid the business of doctor's appointments and preparing for a baby's arrival. Great with Child is one woman's saga of pregnancy, from the first desire to become a parent to the baby's first birthday. While simultaneously mothering two children and working, author Debra Rienstra has managed to write a lucid and loving journal of her experiences that will resonate with mothers-to-be. Combining a richly informed feminism with an equally informed faith, Rienstra's ruminations on motherhood cover everything from comments on Genesis to happily comparing herself to a "warm, sloppy fountain." In the afterword, she writes, "My experience with motherhood is very ordinary." Yet it's this sense of the ordinary that makes this book so easy to relate to--the balancing of work, children, and personal needs is familiar to any parent. Both sweetly absorbed and intelligently thoughtful, her writings are a welcome addition to the world of books on motherhood. --Jill LightnerRead More

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  • Product Description

    Written during the months before and after the birth of the author's third child, Great with Child is an honest, funny, and passionate portrait of the everyday developments and profound transformations of motherhood. From the first tiny pinprick of a thought in her mind that maybe-just maybe-it was the right time for another baby, through the emotional dramas of pregnancy and birth, and on into the seamless string of sleepless nights that compose her son's first year, Rienstra beautifully depicts the difficulty and dignity of becoming a mother.

    Through recounting the details of her own story-the sonograms, the labor pains, nursing in the middle of the night-Rienstra lays bare how motherhood can alter and deepen a woman's views on just about everything else. Allusions to a wide array of sources, including the biblical Psalms, the poetry of Lucille Clifton, Jewish feminist midrash, and a Better Homes and Gardens baby book from 1953, weave through the narrative, illuminating the way that this primal experience colors and informs women's lives. The book is a rare glimpse into the mind and heart of a mother.

  • 1585421677
  • 9781585421671
  • Debra Rienstra
  • 1 April 2002
  • Jeremy P. Tarcher
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 205
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